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Penetration

nounid 3540·updated May 12, 2026
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Gaining unauthorized logical access to sensitive data by circumventing a system's protections.

Classifications

Entity Type

Threat0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

Regulated75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

plural
Penetrations
possessive
Penetration's
pluralpossessive
Penetrations'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
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Gaining unauthorized logical access to sensitive data by circumventing a system's protections.

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